Hello, Young Lovers (song)
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"Hello, Young Lovers" is a popular song.
The music was written by Richard Rodgers, the lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. The song was published in 1951.
The song was first introduced in the Broadway musical, The King and I. It is sung by Anna, the heroine, when she tells the wives of the King of Siam about her late husband.
Among versions popular in 1951 were ones by Perry Como and by Guy Lombardo (with vocal by Kenny Martin).
Bobby Darin also sang the piece, although he sped up the tempo so it was a much faster piece.It would also be covered by Frank Sinatra in a much slower tempo on his album September Of My Years. Marvin Gaye has a version that was unreleased, it appeared on the box set 'The Marvin Gaye Collection'.
During the 1980s, the song was sung live on British television by newsreader Jan Leeming, effectively ending her aspirations to a musical career.